Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 18

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied and said:
2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר	2 When will you put an end to words? Reflect, and then we can have discussion.
3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם	3 Why are we accounted like the beasts, their equals in your sight?
4 טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֹו	4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be neglected on your account (or the rock be moved out of its place)?
5 גַּם אֹור רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשֹּׁו	5 Truly, the light of the wicked is extinguished; no flame brightens his hearth.
6 אֹור חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלֹו וְנֵרֹו עָלָיו יִדְעָךְ	6 The light is darkened in his tent; in spite of him, his lamp goes out.
7 יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אֹונֹו וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֹו	7 His vigorous steps are hemmed in, and his own counsel casts him down.
8 כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַלשְׂ־בָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ	8 For he rushes headlong into a net, and he wanders into a pitfall.
9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים	9 A trap seizes him by the heel, and a snare lays hold of him.
10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלֹו וּמַלְכֻּדְתֹּו עֲלֵי נָתִיב	10 A noose for him is hid on the ground, and the toils for him on the way.
11 סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהֹות וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו	11 On every side terrors affright him; they harry him at each step.
12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנֹו וְאֵיד נָכֹון לְצַלְעֹו	12 Disaster is ready at his side,
13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עֹורֹו יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכֹור מָוֶת	13 the first-born of death consumes his limbs.
14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹו וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֹות	14 Fiery destruction lodges in his tent, and marches him off to the king of terrors. He is plucked from the security of his tent;
15 תִּשְׁכֹּון בְּאָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹו יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית	15 over his abode brimstone is scattered.
16 מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו	16 Below, his roots dry up, and above, his branches wither.
17 זִכְרֹו־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לֹו עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ	17 His memory perishes from the land, and he has no name on the earth.
18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹור אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ	18 He is driven from light into darkness, and banished out of the world.
19 לֹא נִין לֹו וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמֹּו וְאֵין רִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו	19 He has neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any survior where once he dwelt.
20 עַל־יֹומֹו נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָׂעַר	20 They who come after shall be appalled at his fate; they who went before are struck with horror.
21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹות עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקֹום לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל׃ ס	21 So is it then with the dwelling of the impious man, and such is the place of him who knows not God!